Accused woman waives hearing in Washington Township pedestrian crash

A 21-year-old Clarkston woman accused of drunken driving in a crash that injured three pedestrians waived her right to a hearing Tuesday in 42-1 District Court in Romeo.

Andrea Gutierrez appeared in front of Judge Denis LeDuc on two counts of drunken driving causing serious injury and second-offense drunken driving for the Aug. 18 incident on Brookside Lane near 26 Mile and Mound roads. She waived her right to a probable-cause hearing within 14 days of her Aug. 20 arraignment.

Her retained attorney, Waterford-based Russell Anderson, declined to comment after the hearing.

Gutierrez is accused of being drunk and driving a 2013 Jeep Liberty into three pedestrians at 7:19 a.m. that Sunday. Gutierrez, who had a passenger in her vehicle, told deputies she was blinded by bright sunlight and thought she struck garbage cans. She stopped to investigate and realized she hit three people. Her blood-alcohol content was .12 percent, police said, above the legal limit of .08 percent.

The injured parties, all from Washington Township, included a 61-year-old man and his 59-year-old wife, and a 77-year-old man. Two of the victims, including the eldest, were admitted to a local hospital. The third person was taken to the hospital and released the same day.